The United States will begin admitting air travellers from Ireland and several dozen other countries who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 from today.

The Special Criminal Court is due to deliver its verdicts in the trial of four men accused of abducting and torturing businessman Kevin Lunney just over two years ago.

People stuck on hospital waiting lists will continue to have to wait while the number of people in hospitals with Covid-19 remains high, the President of the Irish Medical Organisation has said.

The Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, is travelling to Glasgow to attend the United Nations COP26 conference.

Frontline workers in southwest Co Dublin have said there is a 'tsunami' of crack cocaine addiction in the area.

A mountain of discarded clothing including Christmas jumpers and ski boots cuts a strange sight in Chile's Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion.

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Children who have a good relationship with their father are happier, feel less anxious, and are more engaged in physical activity, according to research by the Economic and Social Research Institute.

Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been sued for having "incited mayhem" after eight people were killed and dozens injured in a crush during a Texas concert, a law firm confirmed yesterday.

Middle ranking gardaí are set to strongly criticise proposed new policing legislation on the first day of their annual conference. The AGSI will also hear calls for the introduction of body-worn cameras and drone technology as a priority.

Global Covid-19 cases have surpassed 250 million as some countries in eastern Europe experience record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge eases and many countries resume trade and tourism.

New Zealand will ease coronavirus restrictions in its biggest city from Wednesday as vaccinations rates rise and lockdown measures will likely be phased out by the end of the month, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said.

The World Health Organization and the United Nations children's agency have kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years.

Greta Thunberg famously asked "how dare you?" in a speech in 2019. The emotional question was followed by "we are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth".

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said evidence suggests the British government is preparing to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, as he warned that doing so could lead to a trade dispute between the European Union and ...

The Department of Health has been notified of 3,428 new cases of Covid-19. There are 478 patients with the virus in hospital, 75 of whom are in ICU.

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has said the Government is considering providing subsidised antigen tests to the population.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk should sell 10% of his Tesla stock (worth around €18 billion), according to 57.9% of people who voted in his Twitter poll asking users of the social media network whether he should offload the stake.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi escaped unhurt from an "assassination attempt" in which an explosives-packed drone hit his Baghdad residence early today, a new escalation in the country's post-election turmoil.